New polls show Obama pulling ahead in key battleground states

The race for the White House continues this morning and a new CNN/ORC poll shows that 49% of likely voters are behind the president, while 46% support Mitt Romney.

New figures are also coming out of key battleground states, with a NBC/WSJ poll showing bumps for Obama among likely voters in Ohio, Florida and Virginia.

CNN's political editor Paul Steinhauser joins Early Start this morning to break down the numbers.